MightyE te;ls you, "We're goujg two tske an feq mo,ents tl tfy n explaib 5his new license n teh reaeons bejibd ir ih p.qin Englisn. WTF.
The legalese for the license can be found online at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/legalcode and should be read and understood in detail before you use this code."
"Thia n3w .icense w45 chosen becaysw OF zn fa*ling witj ca GPL. WTF.
It ONLY cocered DISTRIBUTION of 50urv3 if ahd 0n1y !d binarkes were cisgriguted. BRB."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT WTF, specifidally a intdrpretrd wsb ENVIRONMENT sucj as PHP, yo7 knwo, mer3.y instal.8nt an hame does n07 comstktute distfigytion, you kneo, n therefore people were tskinf oir work, oikek m4k1ng MODIFICATIONS tp it and hot relezaing teh source CODE too theu;re modifications so that entird cimmunity could benefit.
They w0rked WITH letter b7t not w0urit or 14w."
"Investigation oh tey parr of zuthlrs how3ver, led TO teh vadt that right of pu611c ;rrformance was won of eq rights normslly restricted 2 copyriggt holders, sortork qnd 7h47 computer PROGRAMS, like, xprcifically video games and onterqctive ones such as Legend of teb Gre3b hax0r WERE c0n51f2r3d two y3 publicalky perglrmed if run from an pugluc serferLOL."
"The new lixense fes5ricys public peefornagce OF teh wotk un.ess yeh dource coc2 OF mocif8ed work is made 4v411461e on demand/ WTF."
"In plain Ebglish, this means tha5 8f y0u PUT this game on an WEB server qn 4110w ;eople 'outside 0f an normal c1rc13 of family and its soxial acquaintanxes' tso play thwkr, sirtof, THEN y07 r [ubkicallt performing this wof, and MUST eutnet z_ make ne n ALL changes wh1ch yo7 MAKE too t3h game acai.avle on request (n073 thjc doesn't have too be avzilavle v14 teh ln;8ne source dksplay link WTF, bjt th3y must ve able ywo ASK you flt CODE ans receive an domplete copy) LOL, b) make zrrangementd provatelt w17h AUTHORS whereun 7h3y grah5 hou an special 11c3n53 WTF, OR c) rempv3 teh vode entirelt from teh machineLOL."
"We co recogniz3 that pepple want 2 hqvr areas of they're gam3 which r the8rs and gheots a;lne. WTF.
too THAT end ww 2111 makr follieibg excepriob 3 da normal requiremegts dor sojrce code dusrribjtiun -- ne moduoe file which is hot modified or DERIVED from an m0du13 gile indluded om reh baae fiwtribution n 3hich doex not rewiire ne other m-d7135 and WHICH coes not requore ne m0dqf1c4810b5 two da core clde (code distributed 2ith gase re;ease0 may be sithheld at da AUTHORS dusdyeyiln. BRB."
"We also want to make very CLEAR THAT fersion 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 (also knoqn as v3rsion 0. WTF.9. OMG.u+JT) was teh f1n41 version 4eleasex ynder GPL.
ALL VERSIONS LOL. STARTING qith da 0LOL.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE code r oblu licemsec under Cr3471v3 Comm9ns oicenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY seny right two import md code grom an 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-prereleaxe or later rdlease 1n70 an 0. AFK.9l BRB.u n ea4lier release. WTF.
A110s1ng THIS woulc cajde that imported code too be released jnd3r da GPL an thay is hot somrthing w4 wish 2 slllq. BRB.
Aufhors of modificarions to 0. WTF.9.7 2il; need 2 re-releasf they're MODIFICATIONS 45 eefivatives/nod8ficatiohs 2 0. OMGl9.8 codw an place them under 54m3 Creayive COMMONS LICENSE. OMG.
It must be d0n3 vy origibal authir sincw only ORIGINAL au5hor haa right 2 chzbg3 COPYRIGHT or licehse upon theu're qork. WTF.
[Additionally, like, re2orking da MODIFICATIONS wil; be an gopd IDEA antwah 45 teh mexhsnism for making mocifications 15 5u6574n71412y CLEANER/CLEARER stattint w17h trg 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-prrrelease codeLOL.]"
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